ATI, USW Talks Continue But Sides at Loggerheads on Benefits

Labor talks between Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) and the United Steelworkers (USW) continue – although the union has suggested the two sides are at loggerheads.

The two parties most recently exchanged contract proposals on Thursday. And while USW members authorized a strike on March 5, they continue to report to work in the meantime, an ATI spokeswoman told SMU on Sunday, March 21.

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Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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